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Beggar Man and Beggar Woman Conversing

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Beggar Man and Beggar Woman Conversing

1630
Etching on paper.
78 x 66 mm
RvR 239
NHD number
NHD 45, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
One of two impressions in the Library (see RvR 238).
The plate has been cleaned and the edges trimmed.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated lower left, "RHL 1630" (the '3' was originally a '2').
Provenance

Dr. Joseph Benjamin Petzold (first half of 19th century), Vienna; Wilhelm Koller (1829-1884), Vienna; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.

Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Koller, Wilhelm, 1829-1884, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Petzold, Joseph Benjamin, 19th cent., former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School